Akashic Books

Upcoming Events

Stacy Wakefield — Deep Water Literary Festival, Narrowsburg, NY

6/23/19, 12:45pm

Stacy Wakefield (131 Different Things) will be participating in the Deep Water Literary Festival, reading The Willful Child in the Dream Room (corner of 5th and Main Street, Narrowsburg, NY) at 12:45 PM. Full festival details: deepwaterfestival.com.

Glen E. Friedman — Rough Trade, Brooklyn, NY

6/26/19, 7:00pm

Glen E. Friedman presents Keep Your Eyes Open and DogTown in conversation with Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto; moderated by Jason Diamond from Vol. 1 Brooklyn.

- “Bedtime Negotiations” by Cherie Parenteau
- Party: A Mystery
- Like This Afternoon Forever
- Frame of Mind: Punk Photos and Essays from Washington, DC, and Beyond, 1997–2017
- New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Sita)
- “Our Babies” by Simon Lowe
Featured Titles

Featured: Black Interest

The White House

One house . . . one robbery . . . one mistake . . . sexual intrigue and violence intermingle in this tense urban thriller.

The System of Dante’s Hell

A reissue of a 1965 novel, a remarkable narrative of childhood and youth, spiraling out of Dante’s Inferno.

Lagos Noir (Nigeria)

West Africa enters the Noir Series arena, meticulously edited by one of Nigeria’s best-known authors.